Players with the maximum work load in 2015. Plenty of surprises here!
When speculation swirled after the Durban test that the magnificent A B de Villiers was planning to retire from Test cricket because he could not cope with the workload, we requested Rajneesh Gupta, the wizard with every cricket stat on his finger tips, to check out the workload of cricketers across all formats.
Rajneesh's findings are, as always, fascinating! 54 players and their workload:
| Player | Country | Tests | Tests-Days | ODIs | T20Is | IPL | Total Days |
| Steve Smith | Australia | 13 | 65 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 99 |
| David Warner | Australia | 13 | 65 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 95 |
| Joe Root | England | 14 | 70 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 93 |
| Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 11 | 55 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 91 |
| Mitchell Starc | Australia | 11 | 55 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 87 |
| Moen Ali | England | 13 | 65 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 87 |
| Jos Buttler | England | 12 | 60 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 84 |
| Faf du Plessis | South Africa | 8 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 83 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 9 | 45 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 83 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | India | 9 | 45 | 21 | 2 | 14 | 82 |
| Ben Stokes | England | 14 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 82 |
| Stuart Broad | England | 14 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
| Brendan McCullum | New Zealand | 8 | 40 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 79 |
| Ian Bell | England | 13 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 9 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 74 |
| Dinesh Chandimal | Sri Lanka | 11 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 73 |
| Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 8 | 40 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 73 |
| A B de Villiers | South Africa | 6 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 72 |
| Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 7 | 35 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 71 |
| Alistair Cook | England | 14 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 7 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 16 | 70 |
| Ross Taylor | New Zealand | 8 | 40 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| Dinesh Ramdin | West Indies | 10 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 67 |
| Hashim Amla | South Africa | 8 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 67 |
| Jason Holder | West Indies | 10 | 50 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 67 |
| Josh Hazlewood | Australia | 12 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 8 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 67 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 11 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| J P Duminy | South Africa | 6 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 66 |
| Shikar Dhawan | India | 6 | 30 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 66 |
| Sarfraz Ahmed | Pakistan | 8 | 40 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 66 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | Sri Lanka | 8 | 40 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| James Anderson | England | 11 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Marlon Samuels | West Indies | 9 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 65 |
| Nathan Lyon | Australia | 13 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Trent Boult | New Zealand | 8 | 40 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 64 |
| Mitchell Johnson | Australia | 9 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 63 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 7 | 35 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 63 |
| Adam Voges | Australia | 12 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Wahab Riaz | Pakistan | 7 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 60 |
| Jerrome Taylor | West Indies | 9 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 59 |
| Morne Morkel | South Africa | 7 | 35 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 59 |
| Rangana Herath | Sri Lanka | 10 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Imran Tahir | South Africa | 4 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 56 |
| Tom Latham | New Zealand | 8 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Umesh Yadav | India | 6 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 56 |
| Wriddhiman Saha | India | 8 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 54 |
| Jermaine Blackwood | West Indies | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Australia | 8 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Murali Vijay | India | 7 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 51 |
| Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | 9 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Dale Steyn | South Africa | 5 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 50 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies | 10 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
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